State capitals

[Amy Z]

David wrote:

> I had always imagined that state capitals were deliberately chosen 
> for their obscurity, on the rather vague philosophy that Big Cities 
> are Bad Things, and that Government is also a Bad Thing, so to allow 
> the two to get together would be a Historical Mistake.
> 
> Unfortunately, the strategy tends to be a long term failure, as 
> people tend to go where the government is ('I am an outsider, so 
vote 
> for me so I can be an insider' 'OK, so long as you give me a job'), 
> so you just end up with big cities in places where there is no good 
> reason for a city to be.

That might well be it.  Anyone know the history behind how their state 
capital got to be the capital?  I love this stuff.

Amy